rrëzë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • rrënzë — Tosk
  • rrânzë, rrâjzë, rrâzë, rrojzë, rrônjz — Gheg

Etymology

Denasalized variant of dialectal rrënzë, diminutive of rrënjë (“root”) in -zë.[1][2]

Noun

rrëzë f (plural rrëza, definite rrëza, definite plural rrëzat)

  1. base, foot (of tree, hill, mountain), riverbank, edge of a forest
  2. region at the base of a mountain/mountain range
  3. (anatomy) place where an organ or limb is attached to the body
  4. corner, side
    Synonyms: cep, skutë, kënd
  5. (figurative) cranny, hidden nook
    Synonyms: qoshe, skutë
  6. (colloquial) root
  7. (botany) blackberry, bramble

Declension

Declension of rrëzë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rrëzë rrëza rrëza rrëzat
accusative rrëzën
dative rrëze rrëzës rrëzave rrëzave
ablative rrëzash

Preposition

rrëzë (+ ablative)

  1. on the base or at the end of something

Derived terms

  • rrëzak
  • rrëzall
  • rrëzikët
  • rrëzimë
  • rrëzishtë
  • rrëzoj
  • rrëzomë
  • rrëzore

Compounds

  • rrëzëmalas

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrëzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 351

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • “rrëzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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